Storage-bin.



C. HEALY.

STORAGE BIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-9. 1913.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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C. HEALY.

STORAGE BIN.

APPUCATION man AUG.9

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CLARENCE HEALY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

STORAGE-BIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Application filed August 9, 1913'. Serial No. 783,902.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE HEALY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of East Orange, Essex county, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in StorageBins, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to storage bins, pockets and the like, and has special reference to such as are adapted to contain coal, sand, crushed rock, grain, or some other material which is shipped in bulk and is loaded into wagons or trucks for retail delivery.

One object of my invention is to provide a storage bin of the character above indicated that shall be particularly durable in construction and adapted to occupy a relatively narrow lot of land.

Another object is to avoid the clogging of the material in the bin and to facilitate the removal and constant renewal of all of the material in order that none of it shall accumulate dust or otherwise deteriorate.

Still another object is to so arrange and construct a storage bin that its supports do not constitute obstructions but permit a maximum number of driveways to be provided below it.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be set forth hereinafter, and in order that my invention may be fully understood, I will now describe the same in the following specification, and then point out the novel features thereof in appended claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a transverse sectional elevation of a storage bin arranged and constructed in accordance with my invention. A longitudinal elevation of the same structure with a portion broken away on the line 22 of Fig.1 and shown in section, is illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the storage bin with the roof removed and certain of the longitudinal girders broken away to illustrate one of the pockets of the structure more in detail. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a storage bin which constitutes a modification of my invention and comprises a single row of supporting pillars instead of a double row as in the structure of the preceding figures. Referring particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the structure here shown, may be termed a structure of the cantaliver type since it comprises a plurality of transverse cantaliver beams 10 of reinforced concrete, although any suitable structural material may of course be employed. Each of the transverse beams is supported at two intermediate points in its length by pillars 1112 which are enlarged at their low-er ends, and preferably below the surface of the ground, to form a foot or base 13 for each of them.

In addition to the transverse beams the structure comprises longitudinal beams 1415 which interconnect the pillars 11 and 12 respectively and assist in supporting the transverse beams, and a central longitudinal beam 16 which interconnects and rests upon the transverse beams 10. Of course when reinforced concrete is utilized as in the structure illustrated, the pillar and all of the beams are molded together in an integral mass, together with the pockets 17 which constitute sections of the bin. The pockets are spaced apart by transverse partitions 18, each of which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, is placed directly above a pair of the pillars 11-12, and they are closed at their ends by the side walls 2021 of the bin structure.

The bottom or floor of each pocket is composed of a pair of oblique walls Bel-25 meet ing near the center of the pocket in a longitudinal line directly above the central longitudinal girder 16. They slope in the opposite directions like the gable roof of a house and rest upon the longitudinal girders 1-l15. The floor of the pocket further comprises a pair of oblique walls 26 27 which have substantially an equal angle of inclination to the vertical but slope inwardly from the side walls 2021 to the longitudinal girders 14:15 instead of sloping outwardly from the central girder. In order that the material in each pocket may be guided to a set of outlets 2829 therein, the floor of each pocket is further provided with a pair of oblique walls 30-31 which extend laterally of the structure and slope inwardly and downwardly from a pair of adjacent partitions 18.

The floor of each pocket resembles a pair of i verted hollow pyramids, the outlets 2S29 being located in the walls 25-26 27-28 adjacent to the longitudinal girders 14 and 15 on the same slopes. The arrangement of parts is such that the opening 29 for example, at the left hand lower corner of Fig. 1, is in alinement with the surface of the wall 25 while the opening in the Wall 25 is in alinement with the surface of the wall 27.

Supported on vertical posts 3233 and longitudinal beams 3l35 are two sets of railroad tracks 8(337 on which freight cars 38-39 may be run. The posts 3233 are supported by the transverse girders 10 and are preferably integral with, and are enlarged portions of, the partitions 18. They extend up to the top of the bin proper, a shed or superstructure 40 being provided around and above the cars for protecting the bins from the weather and for preventing any scattering of dust.

Each of the openings is arranged to dis charge into a chute 50 which has substantially the same angle of inclination as the floor of the bin and is arranged to guide the material from the bin into wagons 0r trucks which may be standing in the roadway beneath.

At the end of the chute is a gate 51 which is pivotally attached to the chute and is arranged to close the opening therein except when material is to be discharged therefrom. Qther forms of gates or valves may be employed within the scope of my invention.

Attention is. directed to the fact that the double row of supporting pillars 11-42 as clearly shown in Fig. 1, are arranged to provide two single driveways A and B, and a central double driveway C, in any one or all of which wagons may stand for loading. In fact, with this arrangement four wagons .may be loaded from a single pocket of the bin at one time.

The distribution of weight in the transverse girders 10 and the location of the pillars as well as the longitudinal girders 1 l 1516 produces a very substantial and well balanced structure.

My invention is of course not restricted to bins which are adapted to be filled from cars as shown in Fig. 1, and the modified structure of Fig. 4 is intended to illustrate a bin which is adapted to be filled by a conveyer and in this case the structure has a single row of supporting pillars instead of two rows. Conve ers or similar devices are particularly useful in carrying crushed stone and other material of this kind from the machine in which it is crushed to adjacent storage bins from which it is loaded.

The bin structure of Fig. 1 may be divided laterally by partitions corresponding to the partitions 18 of Fig. 3, the floor of each pocket being composed of a single inclined floor section having a pair of outlets (30-61 adjacent to the single supporting pillar 62 which is under each of the pockets. The bin is provided with a superstructure 6% in which a shaft 65 is rotatively mounted, a conveyer 66 of the belt type being arranged to operate over the shaft and discharge its load into the pockets of the bin below.

The operation of each of the structures will be obvious from the foregoing description and therefore that of only Figs. 1, 2 and 3 will be briefly referred to. A wagon or truck mav be driven into one of the driveways such as the driveway B, and an adjacent gate 51 opened to permit the material from the bin pocket above to be discharged from one of the chutes 50 into the wagon. lVhen the wagon is filled the gate is closed.

By locating a pair of openings instead of a single opening near the point of convergence of the floor walls of the pocket the material in the pocket may be continuously removed and replaced without any tendency for it to clog or bank up in such a way as to permit new material to flow past it and to be discharged first. This has the advantage that all of the material is kept in good condition and none of it remains for a sufficient length of time to become filled with dirt or deteriorate for other causes.

It is evident that structural modifications may be effected within the spirit and scope of my invention and I intend that only such limitations be imposed as' are indicated in the appended claims.

For example it is clearly not necessary that the bin structure of my invention shall have clearly defined longitudinal or tran's verse beams pro-vided the whole structure is made sutiiciently rigid. with respect to the spacing of the pillars.

What I claim is:

1. A storage structure comprising a plurality of spaced transverse masonry walls in the form of cantaliver beams, a pair of masonry supporting pillars for each wall underset from its ends, a central longitudi' nal shed bottom and longitudinal beams between pillars and under the ridge of the shed bottom for supporting the bottom, and walls for completing the structure to form a plurality of bays or bins.

2. A storage structure comprising a plurality of spaced pillars arranged in two longitudinal rows, a plurality of transverse walls constituting cantaliver beams each supported on a pair of said pillars, a bottom ofW-shaped transverse section between said transverse walls, and longitudinal supporting beams for the bottom.

3. A storage structure comprising a plurality of spaced pillars arranged in two longitudinal rows, a plurality of transverse walls constituting cantaliver beams each supported on a pair of said pillars, a bottom of W-sliaped transverse section between said transverse walls, and longitudinal supporting beams formed at the lower apexes of the W and extending between pillars.

4.. A storage structure comprising a plurality of spaced pillars arranged in two longitudinal rows, a plurality of transverse walls constituting cantaliver beams each supported on a pair of said pillars, a bottom of W-shaped transverse section between said transverse walls, longitudinal supporting beams for the bottom, a longitudinal beam formed in the upper apex of the W between said transverse walls and side walls for completing the storage chamber.

5. A storage structure comprising a double longitudinal row of supporting pillars arranged to provide a driveway between them and a driveway on each side, a longitudinal beam at the top of each row of pillars, a plurality of transverse cantaliver beams supported one on each pair of pillars and overhanging the driveways at the side, a central longitudinal beam on the transverse beams, side walls at the ends of the cantaliver beams, transverse partitions over the respective transverse beams dividing the bin into pockets, and a two-part sloping floor for each pocket having discharge openings between the respectii e pillars of each row, discharge chutes extending from the openings over the driveways; and gates for opening and closing the chutes.

6. A storage structure comprising a double longitudinal row of supporting pillars arranged to provide a driveway between them and a driveway on each side, a longitudinal beam at the top of each row of pillars, a plurality of transvers cantaliver beams supported one on each pair of pillars and overhanging the driveways at the side,

7 side walls at the ends of the cantaliver beams, transverse partitions over the respective transverse beams dividing the bin into pockets, and a two-part sloping floor for each pocket having discharge openings between adjacent pillars of each row.

7. A storage structure comprising a double longitudinal row of supporting pillars arranged to provide a driveway between them and a driveway on each side, a longitudinal beam at the top of each row of pillars, a plurality of transverse cantaliver beams supported one on each pair of pillars and overhanging the driveways at the side,

a central longitudinal beam on the transverse beams, and sloping floor pockets supported by said beams and having discharge openings between the pillars of each row.

8. A storage structure comprising a double longitudinal row of supporting pillars arranged to provide a driveway between them and a driveway on each side, a longitudinal beam at the top of each row of pillars, a plurality of transverse cantaliver beams supported one on each pair of pillars and overhanging the driveways at the side, a central longitudinal beam on the transverse beams, and sloping floor pockets supported by said beams and having discharge openings between the pillars of each row and discharge chutes extending from the openings over the driveways.

9. A storage structure comprising a plurality of spaced pillars arranged in two longitudinal rows and having relatively large pedestal bases, said bases being buried to form unobstructed driveways between and on either side of the pillars, a plurality of transverse walls constituting cantaliver beams and each supported on a pair of said pillars and overhanging the outside drives, a central longitudinal shed bottom between walls, and longitudinal beams for supporting the bottom.

10. A storage structure comprising a plurality of spaced pillars arranged in two longitudinal rows and having relatively large pedestal bases, said bases being buried to form unobstructed driveways between and on either side of the pillars, a plurality of transverse walls constituting cantaliver beams and each supported on a pair of said pillars and overhanging the outside drives, a central longitudinal shed bottom between walls, and longitudinal beams between pillars and under the ridge of the shed bottom for supporting the bottom and walls for completing the structure to form a plurality of bays or bins.

11. A storage structure comprising a plurality of spaced pillars arranged in two longitudinal rows; a plurality of transverse walls constituting cantaliver beams, each supported on a pair of said pillars, a bottom of W-shaped transverse sections between said transverse walls, and supported from said transverse walls.

12. A storage structure comprising aplurality of spaced pillars arranged in a longitudinal row, a plurality of transverse walls constituting cantaliver beams each supported on a pillar, a bottom of W shaped transverse section between said transverse walls and supported from said transverse walls.

13. A storage structure comprising a plurality of spaced pillars arranged in a longitudinal row, a plurality of transverse walls constituting cantaliver beams each supported on a pillar, a; bottom of W shaped transmy hand in the presence of two subscrib verse section betiween saiddtransverse cantaing Witnesses, this 8th day of August, 1913. liver Walls an ion itu inal su ortin beams for the W SGCtiOI I bottom whi l beamz CLARENCE HEALY' .5 are supported from the transverse cantaliver Witnesses:

Walls. ERNEST W. MARSHALL,

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set F. GRAVES;

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